Kiss, Nirvana, Ronstadt, Gabriel to be inducted into 2014 Rock Hall of Fame

FILE - This Oct. 11, 2012 file image released by Starpix shows, from left, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer of KISS as the band arrives at SiriusXM offices to promote their latest release "Monster," in New York. Kiss will be inducted into the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10 at the Barclays Center in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, Dave Grohl, left, poses with Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic at the premiere of the documentary film "Sound City," in Los Angeles. Nirvana will be inducted into the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10 at the Barclays Center in New York. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be able to rock and roll all nite  and smell like teen spirit  in 2014.

Kiss and Nirvana lead the roster for the next Rock Hall class, which will be inducted on April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Nirvana was on the ballot for the first time this year, while the absence of Kiss, a perennial Detroit favorite, has been long lamented by fans.

The two will be joined by Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall & John Oates and Cat Stevens in the Performers category. The E Street Band, which many felt should have been inducted with Springsteen in 1999, will receive the Award for Music Excellence, while Beatles manager Brian Epstein and Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham will be presented with Ahmet Ertegun Awards or nonperformers.

Other nominees this year included Deep Purple, the Meters, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chic, the Zombies, the Replacements and rap acts LL Cool J and N.W.A.

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John Oates says he and Hall  whose vocal supporters included syndicated TV host Rachael Ray  are looking forward to the ceremony, which will be filmed by HBO for broadcast in May. I will be there with bells on. Im dusting off my suit, man, he says. Im really going to enjoy it and I think its a great class, so to speak. I think the artists are really cool and Im honored to be in this particular class and with all the other prior inductees.

The 2014 ceremony will be the Rock Halls first in Brooklyn after previous inductions were held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel and also the first in the New York area to be open to the public. Tickets will go on sale to the public in January, with a pre-sale for members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum starting at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31. Details are available at www.rockhall.com. Additionally, the museum in Cleveland will be opening a special exhibit dedicated to the 2014 inductees early in the new year.